Best Plutarch Podcasts (2024)

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EP 221 - PhD Alex Petkas From the Cost of Glory podcast explains the need for the Greek Classics and Plutarch - archetypes 1:23:59

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EP 221 - PhD Alex Petkas From the Cost of Glory podcast explains the need for the Greek Classics and Plutarch - archetypes https://www.linktr.ee/alphamalebuddhistpod Give this podcast a "5 star" review and you qualify for the $50 GIVEAWAY I will pick the top 2 (5 star reviews) and email each of the 2 winners a $50 Amazon Gift card ( all reviews mus…

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Episode 20: The life of Camillus - Part 2 24:50

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We'd love to hear from you In this episode, we complete our dive into the life and legacy of Marcus Furius Camillus, one of Rome's most celebrated military leaders and statesmen, often hailed as the "Second Founder of Rome." Camillus played a crucial role in shaping the early Roman Republic, guiding it through some of its most challenging periods. …

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96 - Gallic Wars 6: Manhunt 1:05:07

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Caesar fights through enemy tribes and orders a Purge in his manhunt for Ambiorix, in part 6 of our series on Caesar’s masterwork of psychology, strategy, and propaganda: On the Gallic War (De Bello Gallico). This is a world-history making story (the conquest of what’s now modern France), told by a world-history making storyteller. Caesar entered G…

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EP_220-(Rewind July 2018) The_Book_of_5_Rings-Miyamoto_Musashi-Greatest_Samurai-The_Way_of_a_Samurai_is_found_in_Death-_In_battle_if_you_you_make_your_opponent_flinch_you_have_already_won- Joe Rogan 1:47:09

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EP_220-(Rewind July 2018) The_Book_of_5_Rings-Miyamoto_Musashi-Greatest_Samurai-The_Way_of_a_Samurai_is_found_in_Death-_In_battle_if_you_you_make_your_opponent_flinch_you_have_already_won- Joe Rogan https://www.linktr.ee/alphamalebuddhistpod Give this podcast a "5 star" review and you qualify for the $50 GIVEAWAY I will pick the top 2 (5 star revie…

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95 - Gallic Wars 5: Uprisings 1:12:48

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The mighty Caesar returns to Britain, and faces uprisings and deadly skirmishes in Gaul, in part 5 of our series on Caesar’s masterwork of psychology, strategy, and propaganda: On the Gallic War (De Bello Gallico). This is a world-history making story (the conquest of what’s now modern France), told by a world-history making storyteller. Caesar ent…

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94 - Gallic Wars 4: Amphibious Assault 57:30

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Caesar crosses two major bodies of water (and he hasn’t even gotten to the Rubicon yet), in part 4 of our series on Caesar’s masterwork of psychology, strategy, and propaganda: On the Gallic War (De Bello Gallico). This is a world-history making story (the conquest of what’s now modern France), told by a world-history making storyteller. Caesar ent…

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Ep 219- My 12 Year old Dog Passed away. - We must learn how to move the pieces on the chess board - The controllers want to install order out of Chaos 53:51

2M ago53:51

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Ep 219- My 12 Year old Dog Passed away. - We must learn how to move the pieces on the chess board - The controllers want to install order out of Chaos https://www.linktr.ee/alphamalebuddhistpod Give this podcast a "5 star" review and you qualify for the $50 GIVEAWAY I will pick the top 2 (5 star reviews) and email each of the 2 winners a $50 Amazon…

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93 - Gallic Wars 3: Caesar At Sea 1:07:12

2M ago1:07:12

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Cost of Glory Ecuador event Aug 22-25: for more info & links read this post. Caesar faces enemies at home and on sea, in part 3 of our series on Caesar’s masterwork of psychology, strategy, and propaganda: On the Gallic War (De Bello Gallico). This is a world-history making story (the conquest of what’s now modern France), told by a world-history m…

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92 - Gallic Wars 2: Conspiracy 51:46

3M ago51:46

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Caesar almost loses it all, in part 2 of our series on Caesar’s masterwork of psychology, strategy, and propaganda: On the Gallic War (De Bello Gallico). This is a world-history making story (the conquest of what’s now modern France), told by a world-history making storyteller. Caesar entered Gaul as a mere politician. He returned 9 years later as …

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Athena's Plan in the Odyssey: On Teaching and Learning 38:06

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This is the preview to my second discussion of Homer's Odyssey for the "Fathers & Sons" series on my AthensCorner.com website. It's the sequel to my previous discussion on the Odyssey titled "The Beautiful, the Good, and the Just in Homer's Odyssey. At issue in this is the status of Odysseus's son, Telemachus. More than merely an entryway into the …

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91 - Gallic Wars 1: Caesar's Chance 1:26:25

3M ago1:26:25

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The beginning of a new series on Caesar’s masterwork of psychology, strategy, and propaganda: On the Gallic Wars (De Bello Gallico). It’s a world-history making story (the conquest of what’s now modern France), told by a world-history making storyteller. Caesar entered Gaul as a mere politician. He returned 9 years later as a conqueror - and an ene…

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Ep 218 - WW3 - Endless Bankers Wars - Satanic depopulation and mind control - Sam Tripoli Tin Foil Hat - Ryan Christian- Last American Vagabond- Michael Tserion - Neil Oliver 1:09:51

3M ago1:09:51

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Ep 218 - WW3 - Endless Bankers Wars - Satanic depopulation and mind control - Sam Tripoli Tin Foil Hat - Ryan Christian- Last American Vagabond- Michael Tserion - Neil Oliver Email - AlphamaleBuddhist@gmail.com LinkTree - https://linktr.ee/alphamalebuddhistpod Join my Telegram Group https://t.me/AlphaMaleBuddhist Check out my Top Rated Podcast epis…

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Aemilius Paullus 59:57

3M ago59:57

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Full Show Notes Greek Parallel - Timoleon Important People Perseus - A tyrannical Macedonian leader who acts as a foil to Aemilius's virtues. They are like parallel lines running in opposite directions, even down to their family lives. Tubero - An obscure character worth keeping an eye on. Raised in a frugal, Roman home supporting Roman virtue, he …

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90 - Heroes are Dangerous: Rousseau & Nietzsche with Johnathan Bi 1:20:36

3M ago1:20:36

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Johnathan Bi left success in the startup world to focus on researching the deep ideas that power the world, and has recently launched his series on the Great Books of the West, starting with his lecture on Nietzsche. In this episode: What is Rousseau’s impact on the world? Johnathan’s Journey towards the Great Thinkers and their Books The Duality o…

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89 - A Manual for Greatness — with Johnny Burtka 59:57

3M ago59:57

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An interview with Johnny Burtka, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. He is a graduate of Hillsdale College, and his most recent book is titled “Gateway to Statesmanship—Selections from Xenophon to Churchill”. In this episode: The Mirrors for Princes tradition Obstacles as a Ladder to Greatness The Pot…

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88 - Mysteries of the Scrolls — with Nat Friedman 57:14

4M ago57:14

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An interview with Nat Friedman, former CEO of GitHub and creator of the Vesuvius Challenge, which aims to crack the riddles of the Herculaneum Papyri. In this episode: The Genesis of the Vesuvius Challenge Early Attempts to Open the Scrolls Using a Particle Accelerator to Scan the Scrolls! Partnering with Daniel Gross and Brent Seales Nat’s Childho…

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87 - Pursuing Greatness — with Pano Kanelos 50:39

4M ago50:39

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An interview with Pano Kanelos, the founding president of the University of Austin and the former President of St. John’s College, Annapolis. In this episode: How founding a university is like running a diner The flourishing of American universities in the 19th century How old philosophers were men of action The Intellectual Foundations Program at …

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Ep 217 - The Art of War - Sun Tzu -All warfare is based on deception - Learn to think like the people around you think 33:28

4M ago33:28

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Ep 217 - The Art of War - Sun Tzu -All warfare is based on deception - Learn to think like the people around you think Email - AlphamaleBuddhist@gmail.com LinkTree - https://linktr.ee/alphamalebuddhistpod Join my Telegram Group https://t.me/AlphaMaleBuddhist Check out my Top Rated Podcast episodes & Video Episodes Links : https://rumble.com/v4gi3kk…

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86 - Pompey: Aftermath, Comparison w/ Spartan King Agesilaus 40:04

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In which we follow the lead of Plutarch and study Pompey's character and analyze what we can learn from the life of Pompey the Great, by comparing him to King Agesilaus of Sparta, whom Plutarch paired him with. Sources and Further Reading for the Life of Pompey: John Leach, Pompey the Great: https://amzn.to/3UxOsW8 Robin Seager, Pompey: a Political…

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85 - Pompey III: Fields of Pharsalus 1:59:40

5M ago1:59:40

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Life of Pompey Part 3 of 3: Pompey's final rise to the heights of Roman power, his war with his friend Julius Caesar, and his final downfall. People: (M. Tullius) Cicero (Titus Pomponius) Atticus C. Julius Caesar Cn. Pompeius Magnus (Pompey) Julia, Caesar's Daughter (M. Licinius) Crassus (L. Domitius) Ahenobarbus - Optimate Stalwart (Cos. 54) (M. P…

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Ep 216 - Cypress Hill - B-Real - Scott Ritter - Endless War- the wicked shall kneel down to Jahova 19:21

5M ago19:21

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Ep 216 - Cypress Hill - B-Real - Scott Ritter - Endless War- the wicked shall kneel down to Jahova God. Email - AlphamaleBuddhist@gmail.com LinkTree - https://linktr.ee/alphamalebuddhistpod Join my Telegram Group https://t.me/AlphaMaleBuddhist Check out my Top Rated Podcast episodes & Video Episodes Links : https://rumble.com/v4gi3kk-actualized-man…

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Thucydides, Nietzsche, and Plutarch 3:50:24

5M ago3:50:24

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This is my entire discussion of the opening to Thucydides's Peloponnesian War for the Technology & Nihilism series on my website (AthensCorner.com). In this recording I read in its entirety, and discuss in very meticulous detail, the first twenty-two paragraphs of Thucydides's Peloponnesian War (commonly referred to as "the Archaeology" of the text…

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Titus Flamininus 48:58

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Full Show Notes - https://plutarch.life/titus-flamininus/ Greek Parallel - Philopoemen Important People Philip V - The second-to-last Macedonian king because the Romans play fair in this generation and allow Philip to remain on the throne even after soundly defeating him in battle twice. Philip also has to give up over-lordship of Greece which allo…

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84 - Pompey II: Empire of Venus 1:49:26

5M ago1:49:26

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Pompey becomes Rome’s greatest conqueror, and empire builder, but faces even greater trials back home in Rome. People Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, "Pompey the Great" Sulla Felix, the Dictator Pompey The Pirates Posidonius the Stoic Mithridates VI Eupator, King of Pontus Lucius Licinius Lucullus Cicero, the Orator Manilius, the Tribune Julius Caesar Theo…

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Christianity, Philosophy, and "Modernity" (part 1) 1:17:27

6M ago1:17:27

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Broadly speaking, the theme of the series that I provide in philosophy on my website, AthensCorner.com, center around the various relationships in which philosophy and divine revelation have existed together in the Western philosophical tradition, whether for the Greeks, the medieval Scholastics, the Moderns with their "Modern" science, or the Post…

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Ep 215 - Feminization of Mankind - the need for archetypal masculinity - need for identifying your opposition- phoenix rise from the ashes 33:33

6M ago33:33

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Ep 215 - Feminization of Mankind - the need for archetypal masculinity - need for identifying your opposition- phoenix rise from the ashes. Ep 215 link to rumble video https://rumble.com/v4kqsi5-feminization-of-mankind-the-need-for-archetypal-masculinity-need-for-identi.html Email - AlphamaleBuddhist@gmail.com LinkTree - https://linktr.ee/alphamale…

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83 - Pompey I: Kid Butcher 1:23:27

6M ago1:23:27

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Pompey, the Great. Part 1 of 3. Pompey's rise to become one of Rome's greatest generals - before he's even old enough to hold office. How he got the nickname of "Kid Butcher" or "The Butcher Boy". Thanks to our Sponsor, Intercollegiate Studies Institute! www.isi.org Key Names: Agesilaus of Sparta Julius Caesar Alexander the Great Pompeius STRABO (f…

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Philopoemen - The Last of the Greeks 54:41

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Full Show Notes Roman Parallel – Titus Flamininus Important People Epaminondas – A personal hero of Philopoemen’s; he can imitate him in nearly everything except his calmness (cf. Section 3). Epaminondas sets a high water mark for Theban military and political power which Philopoemen is not able to replicate with Megalopolis. Nabis – Spartan tyrant…

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82 - How to Tell a Flatterer From a Friend 31:01

7M ago31:01

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Check out Ralston College's FUNDED MA program: https://www.ralston.ac/humanities-ma ! ...Plutarch offers some advice on how to choose your friends, and how to be a good one. Examples include Alexander the Great, Cato, Carneades, Plato, Dionysius the Tyrant, and more. (Here depicted: the monument of Philopappus in Athens, to whom Plutarch's essay is…

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Ep 214 - Actualized Mans Path to realization of Self and discovering your purpose in life The Tao of Knowledge 59:45

7M ago59:45

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Ep 214 - Actualized Man Path to realization of Self and discovering your purpose in life The Tao of Knowledge Email - AlphamaleBuddhist@gmail.com LinkTree - https://linktr.ee/alphamalebuddhistpod Join my Telegram Group https://t.me/AlphaMaleBuddhist Check out my Top Rated Podcast episodes & Video Episodes Links : https://rumble.com/v4gi3kk-actualiz…

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Aristotle: Slavery and the Entirety of Philosophy 25:38

7M ago25:38

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In preparing to begin an entire series on Plato's longest dialogue the "Laws" for my website AthensCorner.com, I use an almost casual comment by Aristotle in his discussion (or logos) on slavery in the Politics to discuss the way in which inquiry into the art of politics unfolds, and almost immediately (!), into the entirety of philosophy. Among ot…

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Cleomenes 1:22:34

7M ago1:22:34

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Full Show Notes for Plutarch's Life of Cleomenes Roman Parallel - Tiberius Gracchus Important People Aratus - The same Aratus from the last life, but older and more experienced now. Between Aratus, Cleomenes, and Philopoemen, it becomes clear that the Greeks themselves are the architects of their own undoing. None of these three men cooperates with…

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81 - Spartacus — with Barry Strauss 51:08

7M ago51:08

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An interview with Barry Strauss, Spartacus expert, and author of The Spartacus War In this episode: -How Spartacus' Slave revolt almost failed in its early stages -Overcoming short term thinking as a leader -Spartacus' influence on modern leadersBy Alex Petkas

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About AthensCorner.com and the "Athenian Stranger" 20:50

7M ago20:50

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If you're enjoying the recordings I've been providing here and you're curious about my larger project with AthensCorner.com and my own story, then I think you'll find this brief discussion interesting and hopefully as enjoyable as the others.By Athens Corner

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EP 213 - David Goggins - Win the War over self weakness - Turn OFF Technology - Find your purpose - Chart your plan- Win in solitude- achieve your true potential 31:08

8M ago31:08

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EP 213 - David Goggins - Win the War over self weakness - Turn OFF Technology - Find your purpose - Chart your plan- Win in solitude- achieve your true potential Email - AlphamaleBuddhist@gmail.com Join my Telegram Group https://t.me/AlphaMaleBuddhist Watch Ep 214 rumble link https://rumble.com/v4gi3kk-actualized-man-path-to-realization-of-self.htm…

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Eros, Honor, and The Shield of Achilles in Homer 3:19:13

8M ago3:19:13

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This is my discussion in its entirety of The Shield of Achilles from the Technology & Nihilism series on my website (AthensCorner.com). The purpose of this discussion is to reveal the teaching in Homer's Iliad on this thing we call "technology." This is particularly important for us because of the way in which we tend to mistakenly believe that the…

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Ep 212 - Time to put away all childish games and take charge of your Life TODAY , Rasta Overstanding - Babylon system fall 18:58

8M ago18:58

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Ep 212 - Time to put away all childish games and take charge of your Life TODAY , Rasta Overstanding - Babylon system fall Email - AlphamaleBuddhist@gmail.com Join my Telegram Group https://t.me/AlphaMaleBuddhist Watch Ep 214 rumble link https://rumble.com/v4gi3kk-actualized-man-path-to-realization-of-self.html linktree https://linktr.ee/alphamaleb…

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80 - The Best Stoic Sentences 31:13

8M ago31:13

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A method for reading that can transform your life. W/ help from Dana Gioia, California Poet Laureate, Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts 2003-2009. Get his new book Sentences from Seneca, here! Some Sources: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Moral_letters_to_Lucilius/Letter_108 https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Sallust/Bellum_J…

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Ep 211 -The imagination as the key to Liberation - Choose to live in a world of solutions - become multidimensional - Win in the game of Life 26:50

8M ago26:50

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Ep 211 -The imagination as the key to Liberation - Choose to live in a world of solutions - become multidimensional - Win in the game of Life Email - AlphamaleBuddhist@gmail.com Join my Telegram Group https://t.me/AlphaMaleBuddhist Watch Ep 214 rumble link https://rumble.com/v4gi3kk-actualized-man-path-to-realization-of-self.html linktree https://l…

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Imagery, Poetry, and Natural Right in Homer's Odyssey 57:29

8M ago57:29

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This is my second discussion on Homer's Odyssey for the Fathers & Sons series on my website (AthensCorner.com). I've provided the entirety of the discussion here because I believe that what Homer provides us with is still so very urgent and relevant for us today and, in particular, for fathers seeking to have a direct involvement in educating their…

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79 - Spencer Klavan: Why Achilles Plays the Lyre 1:00:15

8M ago1:00:15

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Why does Achilles, slaughterer of men, play the lyre? A conversation with Spencer Klavan of the Young Heretics podcast. Check out the Cost of Glory Men's Leadership Retreat: costofglory.com/retreat ! Spencer on Twitter: @spencerklavan In this conversation, we discuss: -Spencer & Alex's common ground training as classicists -How one gets into these …

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The Meaning of the "Overman [Übermensch]" in Nietzsche 45:39

8M ago45:39

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Talk of Nietzsche is almost always synonymous with talk of the "Overman [Übermensch]," and so what I do in this discussion is introduce a number of the most definitive themes in Nietzsche's thought by way of an introduction to the Overman in his thought. To achieve this goal, I begin with the importance of Goethe's Faust for Nietzsche, and then I c…

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Agis 49:24

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Important People Lycurgus - ancient lawgiver, whose biography Plutarch also wrote, and to whom everyone refers constantly in this life as the original set of laws they are trying to hearken back to. Leonidas - one of two kings of Sparta (along with Agis, the protagonist of this life) who first secretly and then openly resists and thwarts Agis’s ref…

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Postmodernity, Technology, and PreModernity (part 1) 46:02

9M ago46:02

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This is the first half of a discussion in which I broadly but rigorously introduce the most definitive characteristic of Postmodern philosophy and how that characteristic is inherently related to what we refer to as "technology" and PreModern philosophy. Specifically, I discuss the thought of Friedrich Nietzsche, Ernst Jünger, Martin Heidegger, and…

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Ep 210 - The Go Rin No Sho -Miyamoto Musashi - The Book of 5 Rings - The Dokkodo- The Way of Walking Alone, Samurai Warrior wisdom - Feudal Japan (circa) 1635 27:19

9M ago27:19

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Ep 210 - The Go Rin No Sho -Miyamoto Musashi - The Book of 5 Rings - The Dokkodo- The Way of Walking Alone, Sanurai Warrior wisdom - Feudal Japan (circa) 1635 Email - AlphamaleBuddhist@gmail.com Join my Telegram Group https://t.me/AlphaMaleBuddhist Watch Ep 214 rumble link https://rumble.com/v4gi3kk-actualized-man-path-to-realization-of-self.html l…

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The Poetry of Being: Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra 1.3 (part 2) 23:56

9M ago23:56

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This is the trailer of a discussion for the series I'm doing on the entire text of Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra (the entire discussion is available on my AthensCorner.com website for subscribers). At issue here is Zarathustra's turn from the critique of the hinterworldly to the metaphysical concept of "being" and, for Zarathustra, the psychol…

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Ep 209 - David Goggins -Andrew Huberman - MUST LISTEN - Become unstoppable - Alpha Male Carl Jung the Shadow aspects of the self 2:45:11

9M ago2:45:11

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Email - AlphamaleBuddhist@gmail.com Join my Telegram Group https://t.me/AlphaMaleBuddhist Watch Ep 214 rumble link https://rumble.com/v4gi3kk-actualized-man-path-to-realization-of-self.html linktree https://linktr.ee/alphamalebuddhistpod My Social Media : rumble videos https://rumble.com/account/content?type=all My odysee videos https://odysee.com/…

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78 - Lucullus III: Betrayal 1:10:55

9M ago1:10:55

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The fall and political struggles of the great Lucullus, rival of Pompey and Caesar. Cost of Glory Men's Retreat 2024 application open! - costofglory.com/retreat Thanks to our sponsor Ancient Language Institute - Tutoring now available: Latin: https://ancientlanguage.com/latin-tutorials/ Ancient Greek: https://ancientlanguage.com/ancient-greek-tutor…

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Ep 208 - Mark Passio - The Master Key of Conscienceness - Find your purpose in Life - Generitive force 1:26:22

9M ago1:26:22

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Ep 208 - Mark Passio - The Master Key of Consciousness - Find your purpose in Life - Generative force. Email - AlphamaleBuddhist@gmail.com Join my Telegram Group https://t.me/AlphaMaleBuddhist Watch Ep 214 rumble link https://rumble.com/v4gi3kk-actualized-man-path-to-realization-of-self.html linktree https://linktr.ee/alphamalebuddhistpod My Social…

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The Beautiful, the Good, and the Just in Homer's Odyssey 19:50

9M ago19:50

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This is the preview to my first discussion of Homer's Odyssey for the "Fathers & Sons" series on my website AthensCorner.com (it is the sequel to my previous discussion here of the Biblical Samson). At issue here is what we do not find in the story of Samson, namely, the relationship between a father and son wherein the son journeys to know his fat…

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